A look back at our digital work in 2017-18 by Kevin Bacon, Digital Manager. Much of my time this year has been spent on infrastructural work rather than public facing projects. With the prospect of a potential move of Royal … Continued

How a 19th century Art Nouveau cat has given birth to a surprising digital litter. We allow visitors to take photographs in most of our museums. Sometimes we can’t permit photography: in the Royal Pavilion and some of our temporary … Continued

This Wednesday the University of Lancaster will be bringing a hand-cranked digital device to Brighton Museum. While the phrase ‘hand-cranked’ seldom features in descriptions of cutting-edge technology, there are very good reasons why this belongs in this year’s Brighton Digital … Continued

This Saturday we’ll be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Brighton Museum. Part of this year’s Brighton Digital Festival, it will be an opportunity for you to learn more about editing Wikipedia from a member of Wikimedia UK, a chance to … Continued

Several of my colleagues have been working with the University of Brighton’s Cultural Informatics Group to create an experimental website that sheds new light on some of the coins, medals and badges in our collection. Collectively known as our numismatics … Continued

As part of our ongoing work experimenting with 3D digital technology, we have just launched a Royal Pavilion & Museums account on Sketchfab: sketchfab.com/BrightonMuseums. If you’re not familiar with Sketchfab, it’s a platform for publishing and sharing 3D and VR … Continued

As part of our current round of Arts Council England grant funding, I’m required to write an annual review of our digital activity. Last year this took the form of a 33 page data heavy document which included not only … Continued

Earlier this year I posted about our work with 3D digital technology, and how you would be able to see more examples this year. To accompany our Visions of the Royal Pavilion Estate exhibition which opened in Brighton Museum last … Continued

It’s always good to kick off a New Year with something new, so I’m delighted to introduce the Royal Pavilion & Museums first venture into virtual reality (VR). Volunteer 3D modeller Colin Jones has produced a model of the Royal … Continued

This Saturday (17 September) visitors to Brighton Museum will get a chance to see how 3D technology is changing the way we can understand history. As part of Brighton Digital Festival, Three Ways to 3D History will be an opportunity … Continued

Last year, 3D modeller Colin Jones volunteered to work with the Royal Pavilion to produce some 3D models of the Royal Pavilion Estate. In this blog post, Colin discusses his work to date, and the challenges posed in trying to … Continued

Last Wednesday we held a one day workshop in London entitled ‘Digital: From Idea to Audience’. Supported by our Major Partner Museum funding from Arts Council England, the day was attended by about 20 delegates from museums across the UK. The … Continued

As part of my project research into audiences for archaeological information, I am over the moon to be working with Brighton & Hove Museums and their archaeological collections over the next 2 years. Together, we will be exploring what works … Continued

Last week I gave a talk at the Museums Association’s 2015 conference alongside Peter Pavement of Surface Impression. Our talk, which was part of its workshop and exhibition strand, was about the development of our new website which launched in … Continued

Our new website is now live! It obviously looks very different, but what else has changed? Here are a few new features of the site: The website is now fully optimised for mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. These … Continued

While groups of extremely loud and over-excited teenage foreign students bounce off each other with their huge rucksacks outside the Royal Pavilion every day, it seems the people of Brighton and Hove can tend to take their cultural heritage for … Continued

Update 13 May 2014: Present the Story Drop app with a completed Brighton Festival History Hunt tour and claim £2 off the full adult admission price to the Royal Pavilion! Offer valid until tour closes 30 May 2014. Download Story … Continued

Go here to access the material, or read more below. This year, we will be marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War with several exhibitions and events. We will also be exploring the subject online, and … Continued

On 1 November the London-based digital artwork studio SDNA will illuminate the exterior of the Royal Pavilion in order to mark and celebrate the opening of the exhibition Turner in Brighton at the Pavilion. Amongst other sources SDNA will use … Continued

Earlier today we held a live question and answer session on Twitter with our current Blogger in Residence, Chris T-T. Here is a transcript of that Q&A pulled from our Twitter timeline; all tweets presented in chronological order as they … Continued